Merry-go-round



Sept.` 4, 12923.

v E. M. MAXWELL MERRY-GO-ROUND Filed Nov. 5, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 E. MQMXWELLI, m )h @m I lima Patented Sept; 4, 1923.

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Application led November 3, 1922. Serial No. 598,801.

T 0 a-ZZ fte/0m t may concern Be it known that I, Enasrus M. MAXWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cardinal, in the county of Mathews and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Merry- Go-Rounds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to'make and use the same.

The present invention relates to merrygo-rounds or roundabouts, for the amusement of and enjoyment by children and for their exercise, and this invention isz-an improvement over the mechanism disclosed in my Patent No. 1,435,648, granted'November 14,1922.V f

An object of the invention .is the provision of al carousal comprising a' novel construction and assemblageof the component elements, to provide asubstantial structure.

Another object is the provision of a novel operating mechanism Vfor actuating the turntable in an eiiicient manner.V r

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be yapparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without de parting from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein.- Y

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the merrygo-round, portions being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an` enlarged vertical section through the base, portions being shown in elevation. c

Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the objects or figures for the riders and theactuatingy device operated thereby.

Fig..4 is a vertical section through one of the boats.

The device comprises a-central mast 7 mounted for rotation above a suitable foundation or support 8, and having its upper end journaled in a cap bearing 9 to which theguy ropes or wires 10 are connected for holding the mast upright as well as the parts carried by the mast.

A turn-table hub 11 is provided with a socket '12 to receive the lower end .of the mast, and said hub has radial sockets 13 receiving the inner ends of the spokes or Y disk radial beams 14 of the turn-table. A floor or deck 15 is secured on the spokes: or .beams 14, and themarginal portion ofthe turntable is supported by tie-wires or members 16 secured to the turn-table and converging Svv upwardly andl anchored to a ring 17 fitted onand supported by the mast 7. The wires or members 16` prevent the turn-table from being depressed at the margin thereof under the weight of the riders.

The turn-table Vand mast are supported for free rotation by a step bearing. Thus, the hub 11 has a depending pivot lstud18 seated for rota-tion onf'the anti-'frictional ballsV 19 disposed in a ball cup-2`O`that is seated inthe central portion of ahorizontal disk 21. Y The mast and turn-table are thus supported for free rotation, and the upper end of the mastbeing kjournaledin'the cap -bearijng.9 will prevent the mast and turntable from tilting, as well as holding-the mast and turn-table down on the base.

f AThe disk 21,co`nstitutes `a. part of the base, and is seated on and supported by several posts 22 which are.inturnsupportedby cylindrical ring 23 located below thedisk 21; The ring 23 has a lower inturned ange 24 seating onthe foundation or support 3, and said ringhas an upper outturned flange 25. The posts 22 have shoulders 26 seating on the flange 25 and said posts also extend within the ring 23 and seat on the lower flange 24.

Stud bolts 27 engage the foundation or supn port 8 and extend upwardly through the flange 24 and disk 21, within the posts r22, and nuts 28 are threaded on the upper terminals of said bolts and bear down on the 21 for clamping the disk 21 on the posts and said yposts on the base ring 23. Y

The actuating mechanism for turning the turn-table includes rockl shafts 29 odset rela-` tively to the vertical planes of the beams 14 in a plane below said beams, and sai'd'shafts are journaled in hangers 30 rigidly securedV to said beams and extending at an angle downward, as; seen'in Figs. 3fand 4. Double arms 31 are secured to the inner ends of said shafts, and Aextend upwardly and` downwardly across the edges of the disk 21 and ange,25,`and pawls 32 and 33 are pivoted to the ,upper and lower ends of said arms,

respectively. The disk 21 isprovided on its upper surface near the edge thereof with an annular series of ratchet teeth 34, and the flange 25 1s provided Yon. the lower surface thereofrwith the ratchet teethr35. The pawls cured tothe correspondingshafts Q9 underneath the heats yand eutendim` upwardly through Sietse() in the Hoor or deck lgto he oscillated forward and backward 'by the 0c Y cupants of the boats, so 'as to oscillate the shafts 29.

Rocking or oscillating supports Afl for the riders are also provided, being in the forni o'flhorses or animals, as showinou which the ridcrs .can-sit astride. The supports or objects' 4l yare fulcrumed, as-'at 42, on .pests 43 fittedinsockets dAlsecuredto'the outer ends ofi-the corresponding'beams 11i. Arms lifare secured/to the outer endsef' thecorrespondingjfshafts 29 and rhare links or rods -connected V"thereto Wliichare pivoted iat the-ir upper ends, as atie?, totheobj'ects 41, wherebythe rocking mot-ion of ksaid Vobjects Will oscillate'the shafts '29.' u

The riders by oscillating the Vobjects 4:1 and levers '39 `can therefore I'oscillate- Ethe shafts 29 `*for imparting'niovernent tothe turn-table.

Having thus described the invention, what double arin secured to the shaft, pawis carried by said double arm and engaging the -ratchet'teetlu and means for oscillating said shaft.

2. A lnerry-go-round comprising a base having portions with ratchet teeth on their upper and lower surfaces, a turn-table mounted forrotation on said hase, a Vshaft carried by the'turn-table, a double arm securedto Xthe shaft and extending across ythe edges of'said portions, pawls carried hysaid arm above and belowsaidportions andengaging said ratchet Iteeth, and means 'for oscillatingr 'said shaft.

3. A inerry-*go-round comprising =a "hase having an voutturned flange with ratchet teeth onthe lower surface thereof, said base having a dislrabove said flange With ratchet teeth `on the upper surface thereof,a turntable mounted forfrotation onj-sai'd disk, a shaft carried by; the Yturn-table, tafdou'hle arm secured to the shaft and extending across the fedges kof 'saidfdisk `and iflange, pawls carried 'by said douhie Varno and iengaging said ratchet teeth above said disk and belcwsaid iangefand means for l'osciliating said Y 'n'testunony 'whereof Vlfhave signed my *I naine to this specification; f

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